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J. H. THOMPSON & O. H. CURTIS.

FASTENER FOR RUBBER BOOTS OR SHOES.

No. 360,491. Patented Apr; 5, 1887.

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FASTENER FOR RUBBER BOOTS OR SHOES.

EiPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,491, dated April5, 1887. Application tiled September 13, 1886. Serial No. 213,396. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J. HURD THOMPSON and ORVILLE H. GURTIs, citizens oftheUnited States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin andState of Minnesota, have jointly invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Fasteners for Rubber Boots or Shoes; and we do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of our invention is, mainly, an improvement in rubber bootsand shoes, and more particularly of such as are designed for J use bylumbermen and others in snow.

.The improvements are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 represents our improved rubber boot; Fig. 2, a top View of ashoe provided with our improved fastening, and Fig. 3 a detached view ofthe fastening.

A in the drawings represents the upper and counter, made of a continuouspiece of rubber cloth in the usual manner, and B the sole,

U cemented to the upper and counter in the usual manner.

0 is a flexible boot leg or top, stitched or cemented to the upper andof any desirable length. Rubber cloth or other suitable waterproofmaterial of a flexible nature may be used for the bootleg, and it may beopen at the side, so that it can be overlapped to fit closely to the legof the wearer; or it may be closed with a seam and folded close to theleg.

d is a strap extending from side to side of the foot, and preferablypassed between the upper and sole at the shank b, and cemented to make awater-tight joint.

6 is a strap extending from the side of the foot around the counter orheel. Preferably it is made to pass over the line of union of thecounter and sole or heel, and is cemented to both, thus aiding inholding the sole or heel and counter together. The ends of both thestraps d and e are secured to rings f, at the sides of the foot a littlebelow and in the rear of the instep.

g is a string passed through the rings f for tightening and fasteningthe straps and for winding around the boot leg or top and holding it upto its place on the leg of' the wearer.

In Fig. 2 the straps d and e,with their rings and strings, are shownapplied to a rubber shoe in the manner above described.

The combined action of the strapsthe one being passed under the instepand the other around the heel or counterand the string passed throughthe rings and over the instep holds the heel of the boot or shoe inplace against the heel of the wearer.

\Vhat we claim is- A fastener for a rubber boot or shoe, comprising astrap extending from side to side and cemented to the shanlga strapextending from side to side around the heel and cemented thereto and tothe sole at their line of union, and rings connecting said straps at theside of the boot or shoe, substantially as set forth.

J. HURD THOMPSON. ORVILLE H. CURTIS.

XVit-nesses:

P. H. GUNCKEL, N. G. HORAN.

